MT SB346

Requires claimants to demonstrate on a "more probable than not" basis that they will prevail before the department can order an insurer to pay disputed biweekly compensation benefits pending a hearing or mediation

Excludes several dispute types from department-ordered benefit payments, including disputes over insurer's selection of treating physician, refusal to cooperate with medical care, unaccepted body parts, refusal to cooperate with nurse case managers, and refusal to cooperate with independent medical examinations

Provides that compensation benefits awarded pending dispute resolution are stayed on appeal

Clarifies that insurers are not required to pay compensation benefits when paying medical claims without accepting liability for a workers' compensation claim

Expands grounds for terminating worker compensation benefits to include refusal to comply with the insurer's selection of treating physician and refusal to cooperate with or obstruction of nurse case managers